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Descendants of Stephen Caudill

Generation No. 2

3. James² Caudill, Sr. (Stephen¹)³ was born Abt. 1720 in Old Surry County, VA, and died Aft. 1800. He married Mary Yarborough(?) January 01, 1748/49 in Lunenburg County, VA ^4,⁵. She died Unknown.

Notes for James Caudill, Sr.:
James appears on the 1752 Lunenburg County, VA, Tax List which would indicate he was 21 years old, or older, being of military age. The 1784 North Carolina census states he was over 60 years of age thus born before 1724. Neither James nor his sons are listed in the 1782 Wilkes County, NC, Tax List, yet his sons, James Jr. and Stephen served in the Revolution from Wilkes County in 1780.
A James Coddle bought 140 acres on November 2, 1784, from Benjamin Morgan for 50 pounds (Wilkes County Deed Book A-1, Page 452). The land was located on Sandy Creek, near the Fork of Brush Creek on the Middle Fork of Roaring River. It ran west to Hamons Creek including an improvement made on this land by Henry Gambrill.
The following minutes of the Old Roaring River Baptist Church of Wilkes County, NC, may apply to James Caudill, Sr., and his wife Mary, or it is possible that it applies to his son James Caudill, Jr., and his wife Mary:
* Saturday ye 12th of July 1787: The Church setting to order Bro Thomas Morgan & Sister Morgan joined by letter and also Bro James Caudill joined by experience.
* Saturday ye 8th of September 1787: Also the Church setting to order and etc. As also the Church recvd Bro James Caudill into fellowship and he was Baptised.
* Saturday ye 13th of July 1788: Also Sister Mary Caudill joined by experience and Baptism.
* Saturday ye 12th of August 1790: The Church setting in Order the Church thought proper to deny James and Mary Caudill Fellowship for telling big storys such as Church could not credit and then refusing to hear Church.
* Saturday ye 12th of August ????: The Church setting in order, and etc. Also the Church delt with Bro James Caudill for saying he read three chapters by head and that he thought he could read the Testament without the book, and that he retained that notion for near twelve months, the church could not disprove, and so concluded to lay it over and look to the Lord and try to get better satisfied.
On November 3, 1799, James Caudill, Sr., "for goodwill he has for his son Abner Caudill" deeds his 140 acre tract on Sandy Creek of Roaring River. Matthew and Stephen Caudill, witnesses. Just when and where James and Mary died is not known. It is believed James probably died and is buried in Wilkes County, NC.

Notes for Mary Yarborough(?):
Mary's maiden name of Yarborough or Yarbrough has never been proven and it is not known exactly where it originated. However, there is a Surry County, NC, marriage record for a James Caudle and Mary Yarbrough on January 22, 1849. This James Caudle was born ca. 1823 and was the son of William and Gracie (Broadway) Caudle (reference "Appalachia Crossroads: The Caudill Family", pages 2036 and 2039). It is not known at this time how this James Caudle connects with James Caudill, Sr., if indeed he does at all.

Children of James Caudill and Mary Yarborough(?) are:

+	6	i.	James³ Caudill, Jr., born Abt. 1753 in Lunenburg County, VA; died May 30, 1840 in Perry County, KY.
+	7	ii.	Stephen Caudill, born Abt. 1763 in Lunenberg County, VA; died July 26, 1839 in Sandlick, Letcher County, KY (Then Perry County).
+	8	iii.	Thomas Aaron Caudill, born June 1764; died May 05, 1848 in Simpson County, KY.
+	9	iv.	Matthew Caudill, born Abt. 1766 in Lunenburg County, VA; died Unknown in Letcher County, KY (Then Perry County).
+	10	v.	Abner Caudill, born Abt. 1773 in NC; died Unknown.

4. Benjamin² Caudill (Stephen¹)⁶ was born Abt. 1725, and died Abt. 1777 in Anson County, NC. He married Elizabeth Buckner. She was born Abt. 1728, and died Abt. 1800.

Notes for Benjamin Caudill:
Benjamin is sometimes referred to as "Benjamin of Sussex" since he was known to live in Sussex County, VA, from about 1745 to about 1765. He was said to have died in 1777 during the Revolutionary War in Anson County, NC, leaving a wife and several children. Some number of his children went to South Carolina, some to Alabama, some to Wilkes County, NC, creating much confusion for researchers. (Cordell Clippings, No. 8, Jan. 1993, Pg. 7)

Children of Benjamin Caudill and Elizabeth Buckner are:

+	11	i.	Nancy³ Caudill, born Abt. 1752 in Sussex County, VA; died Abt. 1785 in Wilkes County, NC.
+	12	ii.	Mary Caudill, born Abt. 1755 in VA; died Unknown.
	13	iii.	Absalom Caudill, born Abt. 1757; died Abt. 1846. He married Elizabeth Manes; born Abt. 1768; died Unknown.
+	14	iv.	Henrietta "Henny" Caudill, born Abt. 1759 in Sussex County, VA; died November 1836 in Perry County, KY.
	15	v.	Stephen Caudill, born Abt. 1761; died Abt. 1843. He married Frances "Fannie" Adams; died Unknown.

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